AY - University Studies Adjunct Faculty Pool

AY  - University Studies New Adjunct Faculty Pool

Working Title AY  - University Studies New Adjunct Faculty Pool

Department

Position Number D97734

Representation AP - AFT, Local 3571

University Studies (UNST) is the award-winning, nationally-recognized, integrated, interdisciplinary general education program for Portland State University. UNST is guided by its vision, “challenging us to think holistically, care deeply, and engage courageously in imagining and co‑creating a just world.” The program emphasizes reflective practice and student‑centered learning in a caring community. University Studies collaborates widely across academic units at Portland State University, working with 40 academic departments and programs to deliver over 300 UNST‑specific courses per term.

The program consists of four levels:
Freshman Inquiry, Sophomore Inquiry, Junior Clusters, and Senior Capstones.

Portland State’s 49‑acre downtown campus is located in the heart of one of America’s most vibrant centers of culture, business and technology. We are recognized worldwide for programs like Urban Planning, Social Work, and Environmental Studies that directly engage the community, and aim our students toward the creation of a better, more sustainable world.

University Studies Program collects new applications throughout the academic year to fill vacancies. Review of applications occurs as new sections or instructors are needed. University Studies faculty model intellectual passion and curiosity because they believe in the fundamental aspiration of higher education to prepare people to improve the world. Our faculty are inclusive, interdisciplinary, and practice inquiry‑based pedagogy that:

• Provokes students to build self‑efficacy through relational learning across difference
• Encourages a community of educators to practice engaged teaching for transformative learning
• Advances civic engagement, reflective practice, and the scholarship of teaching and learning
• Creates an environment that acknowledges, encourages, and celebrates differences
• Functions and communicates effectively and respectfully within the context of varying beliefs, behaviors, orientations, identities and cultural backgrounds
• Seeks opportunities to gain experience working and collaborating in diverse, multicultural, and inclusive settings with a willingness to change for continual improvement
• Adheres to all PSU’s policies including the policies on Prohibited Discrimination & Harassment and the Professional Standards of Conduct

Contributes to a culture of environmental stewardship, practices resource conservation, and actively works toward achieving long‑term sustainability goals.

At Portland State University, all employees are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner which maintains a safe, respectful, and productive environment for faculty, students, administrators, and staff. It is the responsibility of every member of the Portland State University community to conduct themselves in accordance with our PSU Professional Standards of Conduct which are available at www.pdx.edu/hr/professional-standards-conduct
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Adjuncts are paid per credit hour, and are hired on either a per term or an academic year basis, per the PSUFA Collective Bargaining Agreement. Details about compensation and other components of the Portland State University Faculty Association Union (PSUFA) can be found at https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).-psufa
. Returning UNST Adjunct Faculty should contact University Studies for application instructions.

Does this position require the employee to drive a motor vehicle? No

Background Check Required Yes

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

• What does it mean to have a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion? How have you demonstrated that commitment, and how would you develop and apply your commitment to create a classroom environment that is welcoming, inclusive, and responsive to diverse points of view and learning styles? (Open Ended Question)
• Please select which University Studies…